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I'.U'i:' i'oLii la duA.iiv: ivVi::s'i.'u OoSKUVKU LA GRANDE EVENING ORSEUVKU . AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published Duily and Weekly at La Grande, Oregon, by tho LA GRANDE EVENING OUSERVER PUBI.ISHING COMPANY. J. 0. MEYERS II. B. LEITER CLARKE LEITER President Vico-Prcsident Editor and Publisher Entered at tho Postoffice at La Grande, Oregon, as Secund-clnss Matter. Address All Communications to THE -SERVER. 1710 Sixth Street. City Official Paper. County Officiul Paper. Evening Telegraph Report of United Press Associations. Member of the Associated Press (Morning Telegraph Report) The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper an;: also the local news published herein. On Sale in Other Cities: Oregon Hotel News Stand, Portland; Imperial News Stand, Portland. Multnomah Hotel News Stand, Portland. SUUSCKIPT10N BATES By Carrier I . By Mail Daily, per month 65c Drily, per year in advance $3.00 Daily, per three months $1.95 Daily, per six months in advance $2.50 tions makers and the military autocracies of the world. How Lincoln would have thrown his wit and wisdom, his oratory, his masterly pen and foresight, his great moral stnrdincss and strength into this Great Battle for-the Oominoii People of All the World," we' hope the Lust Battle of Emancipation. : o A lilt AHA M LINCOLN Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. . .James Wussell Lowell. J am not neci'stonied to the language of eulogv. I have i never studied the art of paying compliments to women, but I mav sav that if all that has been said bv orators and creation of the world in praise of women Daily, per six months in advance $''."5 i Daily, three months in advance. .$1.25 ; poets since the cl'ca Daily, per year in advance $7.50, Daily, per month 50e were applied to tilt t, 50 them justice lor their conduct during the war. Abraham Daily, single copy The Saturday Evening Observer, by mail, per year in advance... Weekly Observer-Star, my mail, per year in advance ...$i.50 : Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln delivered an address at Atchison, .T16 Observer carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porches. ; aisas, ill 18.")!). A monument 'commemorating the il(l If the carrier dues not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to I , , . . . . . i i i you on time, kindly phone The Ooserver, as thi3 is the only way we can deter- (ll'CSS IKIS OCCI1 placed. It IS a stone ol tile large red Kind mine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 37 ! flm, ,m the hills of northeastern Kansas, with II COOlier : ... l i before 7:30 o'clock and a oaDer will be sent vou bv soecia! messenger if the carrier has Missed you. plate bearing tins inscription: "With Energy ami Sleepless Vigilance, Go Forward to (iive ls Victory!" Abraham Lincoln. o , A STORY OF LINCOLN "My Country "Ti of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty." ABRAHAM LINCOLN It is to the credit of the American people that the tw Presidents held in most affectionate mcniorv are G Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the .Father Country, and the Great Emancipator. Both of them wen: great men, the first had influence on the second. It is told of Lincoln that'as a bo one of the few books he had was a Life of George Washington, which he had borrowed from a neighbor. The book got damaged. Lincoln frankly told the neighbor about it, offered to buy a new one. Having no money he worked at hard labor to compensate for the loss and finally was rewarded by being allowed to keep the book. One of the pictures that will always stay with a student of Lincoln is that of him lying full length, reading before the fire or by candle light. In Lincoln's youth he had few books, the Bible, Aesop's Fables, Pilgrim's .Progress, and finally the Life of George Washington. But he knew them well. 1 le read them over so many times that he could repent many passages "by heart." What boy of sixteen of today has read any one of them through? What boy of today can repeat in ; clear voice, without stumbling, two pages from any one of them? Liiii'olriV public'' services are so many, so varied, that they should be familiar to every man, woman, boy ami girl in the nation. A Life of Lincoln should be in every home. The one priceless legacy that Lincoln has given u:' is respect for labor. The battle of emancipation which Lincoln won was the constant, steady battle that is alway: going on in this world between special privilege and justice. Slavery has always been an enemy of tree labor When Lincoln freed the slaves he freed labor and struck ii blow at aristocracy and autocracy. That Lincoln la bored himself and rose to the Presidcucv has always bee'' an inspiration to the American people and also to tlu exploited peoples of all the world, one of the beacons that told the peasants and laborers of Europe that Ameri.-a was really the laud of the free. Think of a rail splitter rising to the rank of a king! It seems strange to think that .wo are fighting another'! Battle of Emancipation today, a greater, bigger battle' than the battle to free labor. This time we are lighting not only a battle of self-defense against a nation which at-! tacked us and which threatens our very national exist-' ence. fighting not only for our own freedom hut for thej freedom of all the small nations and the oppressed peoples ' of all Europe, and above all fighting a great battle again: for labor, for the common people to put an end to tin ; curse of War. to relieve the world of the tremendous! burden of military armaments, to save the people from i being kept perpetually at the slavcrv of drawing watt"-, j hewing wood and becoming cannon fodder for the mum-' . Clemency mixed with humor was always his, and most ; frequently where his soldiers were concerned. He knew : t ln-iii for the human beings that, they were, faulty, per ihaps, yet each an individual with his special considera ! tion. ! One day his generals had brought case after case to '"l'gC; I.:... ,..,... dcserville- death: anil each sentence lie Had nian- of. U ; xriwl l,v , ,i. ,i i.-cm lll.ill t ill' .mi .thi. r tn i.iilinuiifii Vtlnnrfli they brought him the final case a most flagrant one. i'he boy had been proved a coward in battle; he had been "onvicted of stealing from his comrades; he had no rela tives dependent upon him. The arguments were all gone over; they waited for him to sign. But Lincoln turned :o them: "I know he deserves it," he said, "but I guess I'll put 'lim in my 'leg cases.' They are the cases that you call y that long name 'Cowardice in the face of the enemy,' nit I call them, for short, my 'leg cases.' If Almighty 'Jod has given a man a cowardiy pair of legs, how can le help running away with them?" o A TYPICAL CHIEF OF POLICE II ! 1 Exclusive agents for UMSSNGforWomen and Children W FINE QUALITY, NON.IRR1TAT1NC, UNION SUITS WORLD FAMOUS FOR FIT, DURABILITY AND WASHAB1L1TY YOU WHO HAVE WORN MuNSING KNOW- Others Should Learn FOR BOYS AND GIRLS The best kind of health insurance we know of for boys and girls is a good supply of Munsingwear. Besides fitting and covering the little form perfectly, and allowing entire free dom for a rip-roaring romp," Mun singwear stands every test. A trial will convince you. FOR WOMEN MUNSING WEAR is the same qual ity as it was five years ago. Tho price is a little more, of course, but the quality' is the same no cotton substitutes used. 'You can pay more and get better quality, but you can't pay less and get as good. America's Martyred President The Chief of Police of Salt Lake City is a typi. According to the Associated Press, In al chief ir police. According to the Associated Press, he is car rying on a vice crusade, lie professes to be anxious to i dear the city of vice and vicious women, so as to protect; the soldiers who are e imping near the city. ' This is what j ie proposes to do: To make every unmarried woman; iving in a lodging, hotel, or apartment house prove that1 die is earning an honest living. This is the most infamous proceeding that we have ever heard .of. If the young women of Salt Lake City stand for it. we have very little! respect for their womanhood. It is entirely illegal and: in-American. It presumes that all women are immoral; mless they can prove that tlu-v arc virtuous. It is a fact j hat police officers and chiefs of police often wax fat ; e,pon a Utile brief authority; their associations with cnin-; inals and lawless pel-sous leads to their committing law-; 'ess acts; they frequently have no respect for law them-; l ives; they be me hardened, calloused, lose their finei i moral instincts. I lie liiet of Pole-e ot Salt Lake City: -diotild be ashamed of hb self for starting an inouisition. ; vhich will shame and humiliate many innocent young: Aoiuen. lie has other ways of finding who the immoral v. iir.cn of his city are. (ieiier.ll Pershing will do his part in winnimr the war1 or an the Cniled do the rest. States and the . 1 (leneral Thrift' 1S00 Born in Hardin county, Ken tucky, February 13. He was de scended from a Quaker family, which had emigrated from Vir ginia about 17 SO. 1S1G Removed with his family from Kentucky to Indiana. JS30 Removed to Illinois, where during the next few years ho fol lowed various occupations, includ ing those of a farm laborer, a merchant and a surveyor. 1S36 Admitted to the bar and be gan the practice of law in Spring field. ISi'J Served as a captain and aft erward as a private in the Black IIav:k war. 1SU Elected to the Illinois legis lature as a Whig and served eight years. 1S47 Elected to congress on the Whig ticket, 1SSS As Republican candidate for the United States senate he en gaged in a series of joint debates throughout Illinois with the Dem ocratic candidate, Stephen A. Doughs. 1S00 Elected president of the Unit ed States on the Republican ticket, the disunion of the Democratic party giving him an easy victory. ISijI On April 13, two days after the fall of Fort Sumter, he issued a call for 73.000 volunteers, and the control vf events passed from the cabinet to the camp. 1SS1 April 10, proclaimed a block ale of Southern ports? ISC? September '13. issued a proc lamation emancipating all slices in stales or farts of states, which For Hard-to-fit Women Some women are h::r to fit in corsets; some just think they are. i i ! i Do We Sell for Less? Ask Our Many Satisfied Customers. Furniture Exchange Fir and Jefferson E. J. DOXOHUE Better Prices Paid for Used Furniture Black 1241 should be in rebellion on Janu- j ary 1. 1SG3. 1SG4 Re-elected president by the' Republican party, defeating Geo.l B. McClellan, candidate of the, Democratic party. j 1SC5 Entered Richmond with the, Federal army on April li, two days after that city had been evacuated by the Confederates. ! 1S65 Shot by John Wilkes Booth' on April 14. and died the follow- ing day. Buried at Springfield, III. i furnished house. Phone Ilod 11. 1403 S Ave. 2-12-tf. WANTED To iease a Rood farm; an experienced and reliahle farm er witn best of references. Ad dress lis 16'', City. 2-12-Gtpd. FOR SALE Or would trade for Rpiin jrooii draft horses, a licensed hit;h pi-ade Belnian stallion. Ad urecc lfiS, City. 2-12-5tpd. Carlo and the Box ut the Arcade '.omorrow, - His stimts Will keep you - Tues.'in5r. - 2-12-1 1. I i HEW TODAY KOK RENT Five room f urnh-.ho'I liouse. Phone Illack 1191. 2-12-tf I Marshfielrl McDonald & Vqur han have a three year contract for cutting spruce and -vhite cedar on the Conn Hay peai:;sula in the In- 1 ic-7fst cf the Government aeroplane ' program and will build a logging ; road. WW XTED Position as Meiinrnp'!-1 er. Black. 521. Can viv r fcr-' ences. 2-12-;'tpd. ! WANTED Girl who will do houf ivork for tuition, learning tele graphy. Phone Main 24. 2-12-3. IIKI.I' WANTKH 1Viu:iU WANTED For tv.-o afternoons and evenings a week, a girl to c.ire for children. Phone Ked 13U1. 2-12-tf. Now is the time to sub E(ribe or renew your subscrip tion as there will be no more premium given after the first of February. Please pay Telegram sub scriptions to me at my store. Phone all new subscriptions to Red 3351. A. G. Herman, 406 Fir Street. FOR RFTXT Three room modr rn '; 4. 4. . 4. .1, COMMENT CF THE PRESS The Modern Spirit of i-o-operatimi, tlu- spirit w i. h :t :t; :s:it- si 1 i Mii-iTsst'iil business. jir-v;iiis in the r:::! ion of cur I-Ylenil lu s rr ll.tuk. VY own t-k in it. A kti- ; v-nti-I'.ili in it. Y have a vni-e in i i. (lii-e.-i -i nr.'l through tlu ni in !i -' i ts'-iti.ttroment. It is mir Uivik, :nu' iis ( -;:r. vs (n;:!i!i us at all times t" meet I'm.' li-'.'itir-iate hanking ivipiireiiients :i" l-"llll!!!I!litV. Y"U. in turn, ran en-niern!v wit'i r- i:-lnaiMt-titiiirj; the Federal !rvrr ',. hV'.l; Sy.-tein, an. 1 at the same time -lerv in it; hem-tits ami '!vtei-tini y In mim; me i !' our deposit' rs. Eefore the Dawn I'hi'se are indeed dark hours t'or t!h forget our ni'ist familiar proverb. world. lint ( 'hieau'i let Us Dailv Member Federal Reserve System La Grande National Bank Saving for Our Soldiers As if they were v.riifep yestei day. snie.e words of William I'eiin apply to eomii'mns todav. lie wrote liftle 'hat did not apply to eouditmns of all times, but these Mi.rs are espei-i.-dly appropriate to our ( ar: ' Kru-ality is o,. if liberality !.; mir.ed with it. The i -I is leavin;; i! 1' :;pi ;; ;ii,,;i.s tile last bestow- isi'i them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the list beuins eovei. .usiiess : t!ii last without the . i! -t I'eii's pi'"diuah;v: i.-th t"-elh. r make an exeellent till per." We must be i c"ii"iu! al in our rNp.'iNs that we may '''! in u-ivinir. We must xive f",, 1 that we may save iv We i'iu-i i-r.'.eti.-i- a littl.- self-,1, :i;tl. that' those v.-ho a-e eudurim; tiie ii::r.'ships of the w-ir mav h.ave tiieir ' i ' i us liuhtepid a httie. The wa.r will be won in the i"" of Ameri.-a as nm.-ii ;s on th.- I.;:!th ! i.-lds of Kurope. ' v. v r'nbcu in the .. entry h":hl eidist ; -s ;, nieniber of '.'e- .: my that is sa im: for ieir soldiers. Save, and uive. eh v. :u the war.-- I'oi t1: P'l S'M'etat"r. War Serious Eusiaess V.'..r is a ety sei-h, le.'.si!!,.ss. It h.ts nothing to do 'l!i: polities, ai.d "'hi'.i. s should li.-.X c ilnthintf to d" wif!l ' .!!. 'i'liat is vdiy the iu!e-t ;;l.;lirv available in this eu':'rv siictlil be i.t'lie i at the p"ei ut time, teard of politieal oiii-:er.i inns.---Medft'vd Snn. Tl;ere are certain types -f fip uie, howovcr fi:I! hu.-t nri s:n.ili Kips, small tu?t ur. l !a ".so hips, short s;.'.il f'lrurc-; t'.wU require special ilsirrngr in corsets. In MOnAT.T 'Fi':;t Ii c I I'-k-sets tlure are srcti:t! sizis anil m o dels f o r j t such f:.c;r c . 'e can : i vc n r y won-an. o l whatever sire or shuw, the Kin-i of stvle and fit she should h;;ve. Front T..nc PAULINE LEDERLu j I 17 3 W I tH If 'MS TUSNIFS RUTABAGAS EEETS CARROTS PARSNIPS CELERY HEAD LETTUCE ELGIN HOTHOUSE LETTUCE CABBAGE The more vcjetsbles vou e?t the less bread VOU Will TeTCd. Help the boys who are f'gUtia? for your liberty. Call Min 35 HUG'S GROCERY i
